The co-writer of every song except “Dee” on Ozzy Osbourne’s solo debut “Blizzard of Ozz”, bassist Bob Daisley, is suing Osbourne, saying he is owed $2 million dollars, and should have received more on the “front end” for commercial use of the song “Crazy Train”.
The suit says “although royalties have been paid to Daisley over the years, an audit conducted in 2014 showed that Osbourne and his company had been improperly deducting undisclosed fees before distributing royalties to Daisley and improperly withholding Daisley’s rightful share of royalties owed under the publishing agreements for the commercial exploitations of the songs.”
This is not Osbourne and Daisley’s first legal tangle. In 2002 Daisley sued for performance royalties. This infuriated Osbourne’s wife and manager Sharon, who had re-releases of “Blizzard of Ozz” and “Diary of a Madman” scrubbed of Daisley’s bass work and replaced. Pressure from fans resulted in Daisley’s original performances being restored.
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